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Safety Integrity Level (SIL): What Is It?

Safety integrity level (SIL) is a concept that is rapidly growing in importance. However, it is often misunderstood. This article explains the concept and how to calculate and best implement it.

From MSA - The Safety Company 6 Oct 2021

Flame Detectors: How to Select the Right One

The risk of a fire breaking out or an explosion occurring is an ever-present hazard in many sectors of industry. Flame detectors are thus of great importance, but it can be a hard task to decide which is most suitable, MSA discusses what factors to consider.

From MSA - The Safety Company 6 Oct 2021

Data Communications: How Etalons and Optical Filters are Utilized

As demands on data transmission increase, the usage of etalons and optical filters in data communications applications is becoming increasingly more important. This article discusses how Iridian is on the cutting edge of optical filters and etalons.

From Iridian Spectral Technologies 1 Oct 2021

Structural Health Monitoring for Preventive Maintenance with Embedded Sensing

Discover how embedded sensing can help in health monitoring for preventive maintenance.

From CSEM 29 Sep 2021

Object Detection with Senix Wide Beam Sensors for Mobility Transportation

In this article, Senix discusses how BraunAbility is using its wide beam sensors for object detection in their mobility transportation solutions.

From Senix Corporation 24 Sep 2021

Measuring Blood Pressure with a Smartphone Camera

Discover how technology such as a smart phone camera can measure blood pressure.

From CSEM 15 Sep 2021

Integrating Infrared Temperature Sensors into a Siemens PLC Control System

Optris' non-contact infrared temperature sensors possess advanced interfacing capabilities, this allows them to be integrated into various networks and control systems. This article discusses an instance where Optris sensors were integrated into a Siemens PLC control system.

From Optris GmbH 5 Sep 2021

The Principles of Industrial Ethernet

This article begins by exploring the history of automation networks before moving onto its central theme – the key principals of industrial Ethernet.

From Hottinger Baldwin Messtechnik GmbH (HBM) 18 Aug 2021

Introductory New Sensor Customer Bundles from Senix

The range of sensors that Senix offers can be daunting, which is why they offer an introductory customer bundle to help illuminate the whole sensor range and their uses.

From Senix Corporation 16 Aug 2021

Autonomous Gas Detection Using a Robot Mounted with the Falco PID Detector

ExRobotics needed an easy way to quantify Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) in hazardous environments. Ion Science provided a solution with their Falco PID detector mounted on an ExRobotics robot. This provided a quick, efficient and accurate solution to gas detection in hazardous environments.

From Ion Science 22 Jul 2021